Ancient deity, pet and endangered species. Why is axolotl Mexico’s most beloved amphibian?
Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to ...
Amphibian Declines Increase Malaria In Costa Rica And Panama
In the interconnected web of nature, small disruptions can yield outsized consequences. One such example comes from Central ...
Endangered Frogs Born In London Zoo After Rescue From Deadly Fungus
London Zoo is celebrating the birth of 33 Darwin’s frogs, following the zoo’s urgent mission to rescue the critically ...
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Indiana's disappearing frogs | Opinion
Declines in frogs affect more than just our ears. Most critically, frogs are an integral part of local food webs.
What’s Threatening the Horned Marsupial Frog?
There are hundreds of species of frog in the world, each with unique and wondrous features that set it apart from others like ...
Grocery worker finds 'mildly venomous' snake in a box of bananas
An employee at Market Basket in Manchester found the ornate cat-eyed snake inside a shipment. The snake is now being handled ...
Scientists ‘surprised’ to find abundance of alligators in city’s sewer system
The sewer systems of Florida are teeming with an “abundance” of alligators, racoons, and a dozen other animals using the ...
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Conservation of Ghana’s threatened frogs: CSIR-FORIG discovers two potential new species
By Yussif IbrahimKumasi, Feb. 18, GNA – Research conducted by the Forestry Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-FORIG) has led to the discovery of two ...
New frog species named after Leonardo DiCaprio
Actor’s environmental activism saw the tribute in his honour after researchers discovered the small brown amphibian in ...
Why is endangered axolotl Mexico’s most beloved amphibian?
There are no official estimates of the current axolotl population, but the species endemic of central Mexico is ‘critically ...